摘要:
A method and apparatus for measuring activity in the peripheral nervous system comprises a nerve cuff having an array of chemical detectors such as chemFETS or ISFETS. Activity within the nerve causes chemical responses which can be detected. The use of chemical rather than electrical detection minimises interference problems and allows the cuffs to be made smaller.
摘要:
Use of a pH sensor comprising an ion-sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) to perform real time detection/quantification of nucleic acid amplification, e.g. polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nucleic acid amplification, based on detection of protons released during the primer extension phase.
摘要:
A reference circuit comprising first and second field effect transistors connected to form a first current mirror, and third and fourth field effect transistors connected to form a second current mirror, wherein a property of the first transistor is mismatched relative to the second transistor such that the threshold voltage of the first transistor is significantly higher than the threshold voltage of the second transistor, and the drain current versus gate-source voltage responses of the first and second transistors have substantially different gradients for current levels at which the reference circuit is operated.
摘要:
A transconductance device particularly suitable for use as a high frequency active filter has an input stage including at least one field effect transistor (M.sub.1) arranged to drive a laser diode (LD.sub.1) and an output stage including at least one photodiode (PD.sub.1) optically coupled to the laser diode. The output stage is preferably provided with a high impedance bias current supply circuit. In an alternative arrangement particularly useful as an operational amplifier, a differential input stage includes a pair of laser diodes (LD.sub.1 and LD.sub.2) optically coupled to respective photodiodes (PD.sub.1 and PD.sub.2) connected in series, the output being taken from the junction of the two photodiodes.
摘要:
There is provided a method and device for measuring an ion concentration of a sample. The method comprises exposing a chemical sensor to the sample to provide an electrical output signal 5 representing said ion concentration and controlling a titrator exposed to the sample to release or absorb a quantity of ions to the sample. The method may use feedback means comprising Pulse Width Modulation control to drive the titrator such that the sample maintains a stable ion concentration.
摘要:
There is provided a semiconductor device for detecting a change in ion concentration of a sample and method of using same. The device comprises a plurality of Field Effect Transistors (FETs) coupled to a common floating gate and an ion sensing layer exposed to the sample and coupled to the floating gate. There may be other input voltages coupled to the floating gate.
摘要:
A method of observing reaction intermediaries during a chemical reaction and comprising detecting an electrical signal output from an ion sensitive field effect transistor exposed to said reaction, and monitoring the detected electrical signal to discriminate discrete fluctuations in the electrical signal, the discrete fluctuations indicating reaction intermediaries occurring during a chemical reaction.
摘要:
An ultra-wideband wireless information transmission method comprising transmitting electromagnetic data pulses and reference pulses over the transmission medium, information being encoded as a time shift between the data pulses and the reference pulses, at least two of the data pulses sharing a common reference pulse, and receiving the data and reference pulses and using the associated timing information to recover said information.
摘要:
A current feedback operational amplifier input stage is provided that uses a pair of dual output current mirrors to couple current from the inverting input of the amplifier to the high gain node of the amplifier, and to reduce the input impedance of the inverting input by means of local current feedback. Each of the dual output current mirrors employs an emitter degenerated Wilson-type current mirror in conjunction with an emitter degenerated transistor current source to detect signal current at the inverting input and use this current to control the bias current at both the inverting input and the high impedance node of the amplifier. The ratio of bias currents in the dual output current mirrors are controlled by scaling the resistances of the emitter degeneration resistors corresponding to each current node.
摘要:
A computer implemented method is for providing user devices with alternative content. The method includes: defining a plurality of search parameters; crawling the world wide web or selected parts thereof, or searching predefined web sites, to identify content matching one or more of said search parameters; generating image triggers by extracting the identified content or generating digital fingerprints indicative of the identified content; storing the image triggers in a database, together with respective alternative content or alternative content identifiers; receiving an image captured from a printed or displayed medium at an end user device; searching the captured image to identify a presence of at least one of the image triggers in the captured image; and causing alternative content corresponding to the at least one of the image triggers to be displayed or presented at the end user device, or a respective other device associated with the end user device.